Fishing is for the birds.

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An old saying in the title of the post and in here the birds prove it to be correct :)
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I will show you the lovely movements of this Egret at lunchtime.

Prior to taking up photography, my free time was spent fishing in nature. I could sit for hours behind a rod just drinking the sights and sounds of nature in. I always practiced catch and release and over time caught many fish. But then I started the Papillon charity, (that is an unbelievable story for another time), and I had to get a camera to show the donors our work that we do with their donations.
So once that the camera bug bit me, I took it up as my new hobby and fishing was history.
Come and see this Egret's style.

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Imagine a fisherman running around with his fishing rod trying to catch a fish.
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Would the guy be able to make a flamboyant stop like this?
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So let's continue with the hunt.
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Gotcha! All of that dancing on the water chasing after the fish and here at last he caught it.
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Finally a happy fella.
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Something else here.
Now this Cormorant is a diver. He dives to catch a fish and regularly comes up empty. But not today and I was in such a hurry to get the second shot that I blurred the photo.

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Drat!!! I blurred the shot and I was so disappointed, but then again I will get him clear another time.
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How well do I remember my disappointments when I started with photography. I blurred photos so many times that at one stage I even thought about giving up and selling the camera. But we started the charity with no money and we couldn't afford to hire a professional photographer to take photos of the projects and I had to persevere.
Now this is how life works, as after the decision to carry on things started to happen. I bumped into a friend that was a professional photographer and he gave me some tips. That was all that I needed as I used to take photos on only one setting and it turned out to be the low light setting. So after I got the settings right there were no more problems.

So how did you start with photography? Tell me in the comments below.

And That's All Friends.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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I think I have one or two egret photos in my archive, but both are not comparable to yours, my friend 😊

But I have just begun learning to shoot wildlife, as you know, and maybe in a few years I can show you my best shots while we are sitting on a park bench feeding the pigeons 😉

In my beginnings I have shot only in automatic mode, but now I shoot in aperture priority or manual mode, depending on what I want to photograph.

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Thank you for the compliment Hannes and I am sure that you will stunning wildlife shots.
Sitting on that park bench with you one day, reminds me of a song by Jethro Tull.
Limericks; Sitting on a park bench, eyeing little girls wearing fancy pants, hey Aqualung.

Lucky me, as I have shortcuts to those settings, but I hardly ever use them, as the setting wheel works good enough for me.
Just the other day I discovered how to take panorama photos, basically 3 photos in one as one slowly swings the camera, but I still have to figure out how to post the photos.

Cheers and thanks.

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Oh yes, that way I can imagine sitting on a bench with you, and there has to be this kind of music too 😁

I could make such settings too, but till now I have been just too lazy for doing that.

Yep, taking 2 or more, sometimes many more photos in a row or two or more rows above and below and then stitching them together is an easy job in Photoshop. But I am sure there are some freeware programs too to make one large image from many.

You're most welcome, my friend 😊

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Hahaha, let's just hope that the day is still far way in the future 😉

Oh, I think that by now I know about your lazy hobby 🤣 !LOLZ

I am too lazy to search for the freeware programs, so I will rather file the photos for future reference 😉

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Yep, I hope so too 🤣 !LOLZ

Right, my hobby is to be lazy 😴

Maybe I will find something when I start my computer next time, which I haven't done all week long 😉

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Far, far away my friend 😉 !LOLZ

It is a good hobby as it makes a person rotund. What a nice word for fat 🤣

Shame Hannes, that computer must feel very lonely 😛

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I will not be able to hike up a mountain anymore, but I can use a cable car and roll back down again 🤣 !LOLZ

I have just turned it back on to edit my photos and do my replies ... we are best friends again 😁

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Now that is a great idea and it sounds very logical to me 🤣 !LOLZ

Time again for a post methinks 🤞

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And certainly much fun, but mostly for the viewers, I believe 🤣 !LOLZ

Yep, you're right 👍

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Oh yes much fun for the viewers of the spectacle and much work for the medical teams 🤣 !LOLZ

Most of the time 😉

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Yep, they have to roll me back up for the next round 😂😂😂. !LOLZ

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Nope, they will roll you straight into an ambulance 🤣🤣🤣. !LOLZ

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Yep, then they can give me a ride up - that's better than to roll up the mountain 😂 !LOLZ

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Hahaha, they might tell you that they will give you a ride up and then take you either to the hospital or to the zoo 🤣 !LOLZ

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I would prefer the zoo - the food is better 😂 !LOLZ

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They will feed you hay every day in the zoo 🤣 !LOLZ

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Oh yes, hay and water, what a diet 😁 !LOLZ

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You will by luck come out there just as skinny as I am 🤣 !LOLZ

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People are paying so much money on so many diets which don't work in the end, but it would be so easy - just let you lock up in a prison for a month or two where you get water and bred only, maybe milk on Sundays, and you go home with no gram too much on your hips 😂 !LOLZ

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Hahaha, one can hear that you are a police officer 🤣 LOLZ
I think that you are right and maybe the governments must follow your expert advice as it will lead to much weight loss 🤣

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The government's problem is not a too big stomach, but a too big head and that needs a special diet of water only 😂 !LOLZ

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Ouch! A water diet only will turn them into water heads with swimming thoughts 🤣 !LOLZ

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Water heads? I haven't thought of that, but at least theres something in their heads then 🤣 !LOLZ

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Hahaha, oh yes, floating things 🤣 !LOLZ

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😂😂😂 !LOLZ

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Photography is a great hobby and you have wonderful shots.
I must admit, I still have many horrible photos and I struggle with the settings. My excuse is I chose the most difficult subjects - the birds. 🙂

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Thank you and yes the photography hobby bug has bitten me big time.
I also struggled with the settings until I got the small things like dragonflies right as then the bigger things was so much easier.
Birds can indeed be difficult and practice will make perfect methinks 😉

!PIZZA

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Here, @papilloncharity has taken some legit fish hunting of birds residing by the seashore...
It's just amazing that they know what to do without thinking.
Great job! <3

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